Did you graduate from college with debt?

[m&m's mom]

I graduated with about $1500 on student load debt. I really did not even need it but I took it to get through one summer school session.
Payment was $62.00 per month.
My mom was a single mom with 4 kids in college (1 in Grad school, 1 in Medical school, and 2 of us in undergrad college). She helped out as much as she could but I knew I would have to work.
For all of college I worked 30-35 hours a week while taking a full load of classes. It was very difficult and I missed out of the traditional school experience. I am absolutely adamant that will not happen to our kids.
We started saving for their college before they were ever born. I want my DD's to work during the summer for spending money but I want them to enjoy college more than I did.

DH worked during the summers and between that and his parents help, he never worked during school and did not have any school debt.

 

[JandJ]

Fortunately, no loan debt, for DH nor me. I had scholarships and savings and my parents paid for the rest. DH went on full scholarship. His parents had the state pre-paid plan, but they got all the money back since he got the scholarship. I took my Master's classes at the university where I worked so the tuition was free and I only needed to pay for books. I know how fortunate we are to have graduated debt-free because I see how much loan debt my niece has gotten into and how bad the job market is

 

[Disney-Kim]

yes I did.... and we are still paying for it because when we were younger we deferred the payments for years. live and learn.

 

[andrews_dad]

6 years for both my wife and I (both got Master's, not the 6 year plan!!) in the late 90's. State schools. $120,000 in debt \. Stafford loans and a few private loans. We did what we could by working at a tampon factory (yes, that is what I made) through college, but our parents could not help with teh $$. Books, room, food, and tuition all on us. Still paying it off. Low interest rate. Deductable. No regrets.